Pablo Buendía

Spanish footballer (born 1986)

Pablo Buendía
Personal information
Full name	Pablo Buendía Elvira
Date of birth	(1986-01-02) 2 January 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Albacete, Spain
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Atlético Tomelloso
Youth career
	Albacete
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2010	Albacete B
2008	Albacete	1	(0)
2010–2011	Hapoel Ramat Gan	1	(0)
2011	Almansa	9	(0)
2011–2012	La Roda	10	(0)
2012–2013	Almansa	30	(0)
2013–2015	Socuéllamos	30	(0)
2015–	→ Quintanar Rey (loan)	16	(0)
2015–2016	Novelda	13	(0)
2016	Jove Español	11	(0)
2016–	Tomelloso	0	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 May 2016

Pablo Buendía Elvira (born 2 January 1986) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Atlético Tomelloso as a defender.

Club career

Born in Albacete, Castilla-La Mancha, Buendía graduated from Albacete Balompié's youth setup, and made his senior debuts with local the reserves in the 2005–06 campaign, in Tercera División. On 24 May 2008 he made his professional debut.^[1]

In the 2010 summer Buendía moved abroad, joining Israeli Premier League side Hapoel Ramat Gan Giv'atayim F.C. In January 2011 he returned to his country, signing for UD Almansa, in the fourth level.^[2]

In the following years Buendía competed in Segunda División B but also in the fourth division, representing La Roda CF,^[3] Almansa^[4] and UD Socuéllamos.^[5] With the latter he achieved promotion at the end of the 2013–14 season, appearing in 30 matches but never scoring any goals.

References

^ El Albacete da un importante paso hacia la permanencia en Castalia (Albacete takes an important step through permanence); Marca, 24 May 2008 (in Spanish)
^ El Almansa se refuerza con el ex defensa del Albacete, Pablo Buendía (Almanza bolsters themselves with former Albacete defender, Pablo Buendía); El Digital Deportivo, 26 January 2011 (in Spanish)
^ La Roda ficha al central albaceteño Pablo Buendía (Almansa) (La Roda signs Albacete-born stopper Pablo Buendía (Almansa)); ABC, 22 July 2011 (in Spanish)
^ El albaceteño Pablo Buendía firma por el Almansa (Albacete-born Pablo Buendía signs for Almansa) Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine; Diana Blanca, 17 August 2012 (in Spanish)
^ Pablo Buendía se compromete con el Yugo Socuéllamos (Pablo Buendía signs with Yugo Socuéllamos); La Tribuna de Ciudad Real, 2 July 2013 (in Spanish)